Combination comb and hat-fastener.



No. 844,785. PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907.

P. EDWARDS.

COMBINATION'GOMB AND HAT PASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 8. 1906.

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UNITE STATES PATEN T @EFTQE.

COIVlBlNATION COMB AND HAT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed October 6, 1906. Serial No. 337,686.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAULINE Enwxnns, of New York, New York county, New York,

have invented a new and Improved Combination Comb and Hat-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of devices which are used in fastening a ladys hat to her head; and the object of my invention is to produce a simple device having the general structure of a comb, such as is pushed up into the back hair, and to combine with the comb a simple means of securing the hat, so that any strain on the hat will serve to tighten the grip of the comb, and the comb in turn will prevent the hat from being accidentally displaced.

Another object of my invention is to produce a structure of this kind which is very inexpensive and which can be very easily applied.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters and figures of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 shows the application of the device to the head and hat, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing -a modified means of connecting the comb to the hat.

The device is in the main like a comb, the kind that pushes upward into the back hair and which has a suitable back 10 with upwardly and inwardly extending teeth 11 on its upper edge. The general appearance of the comb may be made to conform to the taste of the maker, and it is obvious that the design has nothing to do with the invention. An important feature, however, is the slde arms or extensions 12, WlllCll are at the ends or side edges of the comb and which project outward and upward, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and these side arms or extensions terminate in eyes 13, so that an elastic band 14 can be conveniently fastened to the side arms.

In operation the device is used as in Fig. 3 or 4. W'hen used as in Fig. 3, the teeth of the comb are pushed upward into the hair, the parts 12 extending outward and upward, as shown, and the cord or elastic 14 can be made to engage a hat-pin 15, which is pushed across through the hair and through the ordinary tabs which are formed on the hat.

Another way of fastening is shown in Fig. 4, where there are two cords 14 one for each side, and these terminate in hooks 16, which are made to engage buttons or eyes on the hat. Obviously other means of fastening the cord or elastic to the hat can be employed without in the least affecting the principle of invention, which lies in the struc ture of the comb and its side arms or ends.

It will be seen that the structure shown can be made as simple and inexpensive as the usual comb, or it can be elaborated and made ornamental and expensive, if preferred, while in either case it affords a very simple and e'l'licient means of securing the hat to the head, and it also serves to hold the hair in place as well.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A device of .the kind described, comprising a comb having a back with teeth extending upwardly and inwardly therefrom, and with side or end arms extending upwardly and outwardly, and adapted to be connected with fastening devices.

PAULINE EDWVARDS. WVitnesses:

WARREN B. Hurcnnvson, FRANK L. STUBBS. 

